Friends with Kids

[beardy2]

I have tickets to Shaftesbury Ave tonight, will any other FMUKers be there?

[havingascreen]

This film had its funny parts and serious relationshipy bits. Quite dialogue heavy and at times reminded me of a Woody Allan film, especially at the start. Had echoes of When Harry Met Sally too.

It was semi interesting but plodded along a bit towards the end and reverted to type.

poteto/potato....i'd give it a 6/10

[Beate]

The WIQ gets more annoying every week. How long will it take till I have cured them of their "wait in the upstairs bar" nonsense? We never obey. Nopes. We want our seats. And we got them. Also great to see that cinefila1 got her glasses case back which she lost at the last screening there.

At 6.35pm I was ready to walk out, due to tons of latecomers obscuring the screen and making what was already a shouty restaurant scene even more unpleasant. They didn't stop coming in until at least 6.45pm. But people settled down and after the character introductions were out of the way, it settled into a much better and more substantial film than I could have ever hoped for. Yes, it was predictable, and the ending was cliched and not half as romantic as it could have been, but there were quite some realistic portrayals of tired parents and annoyed spouses. Also, considering that half the cast of Bridesmaids were present, it was admirably constrained and and the yucky was confined to one poop scene.

7.5/10

[Celini]

6/10 for me too!

A comedy that forgot to be funny half way through with a seriously underused supporting cast and two badly miscast leads!

That could have been so much better; I unfortunately got bored after 40 minutes or so and started focusing on Jennifer Westfeldt overly immobile forehead... Got interested again when Jon Hamm woke up for about 25 seconds; definitely the best part of this film.

(oh, and this ending.... really! wtf?)

[alythonian]

Really disappointed. I was expecting a comedy.... that was an angst ridden episode of Friends! Or maybe it was Friends the film, 10 years after the series ended?
Too many comedy actors in there that was grossly underused and John Hamm looked like he'd been piloted in and out again in most scenes he was so disjointed from the feel of the film.
It was fine for a girly movie but just too angsty.

5/10 from me.

[superhero]

What a waste of Kirsten Wiig! She was almost invisible.
As much as I like romcoms, this was really bland 4/10

[beardy2]

I think people must have gotten turned away at Shaftesbury Ave, because loads of people couldn't find seats and exited the theatre.

I hated it more because it was trying to be so edgy and celebrate unconventional families and then what happens? They realise that they're happier in an unconventional family. Plus I thought it was incredibly awful when the mother moved her child an hour away from its father. Just bleh. I was not impressed.

[Celini]

Now about the Shit-bury experience (Beate, be assured that WIQ is paradise in comparison!)
I arrived before 6.15pm at Shaftesbury and was wondering what the queue was all about, so I wandered to its start and realised it was for Friends With Kids.

I was asked to jump the queue so I jumped the queue ; they did not let us through before 6.25pm; and oh surprise it was in screen 5 (80 people max?), definitely not big enough to accommodate the 100+ people queuing!

They started the film at 6.30pm! Idiots! people were still trying to find some seats. I hate this cinema.

[Beate]

Now about the Shit-bury experience (Beate, be assured that WIQ is paradise in comparison!)
I arrived before 6.15pm at Shaftesbury and was wondering what the queue was all about, so I wandered to its start and realised it was for Friends With Kids.

I was asked to jump the queue so I jumped the queue ; they did not let us through before 6.25pm; and oh surprise it was in screen 5 (80 people max?), definitely not big enough to accommodate the 100+ people queuing!

They started the film at 6.30pm! Idiots! people were still trying to find some seats. I hate this cinema.

I fully agree. That cinema is shit in every respect. What I can't understand though is that with only a tiny queue being let in at 6.15pm as in our case - we suddenly have loads of latecomers between 6.30 and 6.45pm?

[biggins]

Not as funny as I thought it would be and certainly not as funny as Bridesmaids. Could have made more of the characters in it but a passable 6/10 from me.